The Jungle Book: Now the fun starts

So it’s been a busy couple of weeks in the strange and exciting world of youth theatre. The auditions were fantastic and so much fun, lots of monkey-ing about to be had!! Then came Dan’s task of actually casting it, which I didn’t envy him having to do as there was lots of difficult decisions to be made, but in the end we were confident in the choices that had been made, now the fun could really begin. Me and Louise then spent the next couple of days sending out all of the Jungle Book information and PARTS to all the actors which was extremely exiting and everyone seemed genuinely happy with them which is always good to hear!

So we had a complete technical team list and a full cast list, it was time for the first rehearsal and read through!! The read through was fantastic and it was such a conformation that all of the right decisions had been made; it was also amazing to see the entire cast together in one space to really get an idea of the show.

Our second rehearsal was filled with exploring characters and generally creating the jungle in the theatre, pesky monkeys stealing shoes, the wolves holding them hostage and bears just minding there own business! All in all it was great to see the whole of youth theatre interacting with each other as their animal alter-ego’s! we also discovered some exciting physicality that could be used be used for the wolves and also Queen Cobra. Its nice to discover new things and watch as Dan creates something out of it.

So that’s us up to the day! Back to sourcing props and materials and everything we need to make such a huge production come to life!

Amy Pattison

Assistant Director